Drawer and drawer mounting for sewing machine stand



G. A. OBRIEN Feb. 16, 1965 DRAWER AND DRAWER MOUNTING FOR SEWING MACHINESTAND Filed Dec. 31, 1962 Fig.4

INVEN'IIOR. George A. O Brien BY 5 irony Fig.5

WITNESS i 3 169,495 DRAWER AND n iAwERMoUN'rmG FOR SEWING MACHINE STANDGeorge A. OBrien, Anderson, S.C., assignor to The Singer Company, acorporation of New Jersey Filed Dec. 31, 1962, Ser. No. 248,360 4Claims. (Cl. 108 -26) This invention relates to stands designed tosupport sewing machines preferably of the industrial type and moreparticularly to an improved type of drawer anddrawer mounting adaptedfor use with this type of stand, and an important object of the presentinvention is to providean improved construction of thischaracter.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved drawer anddrawer mounting which can be manufactured and sold as a unit and whichcan be mounted on many stands without the need of performing specialmachining operations.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved drawer anddrawermounting which is held in place when a conventional part of thestand is in its usual lace. I P A still further object of the inventionis to provide an improved means for limiting the inner and outermovement of a drawer.

Having in mind the above and other objects that will be evident from anunderstanding of this disclosure, the invention comprises the devices,combinations and arrangements of parts as illustrated in the presentlypreferred embodiment of the invention which is hereinafter set forth insuch detail as 'to enable those skilled in the art readily to understandthe function, operation, construction and advantages of it when read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a sewing machine standequipped with a drawer and drawer mounting embodying the presentinvention, the drawer and mounting being shown in an exploded manner.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional assembled view taken through thedrawer and drawer mounting shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view showing one part of the slide used to supportthe drawer.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view showing the other part of the slide used tosupport the drawer, and

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary side view of the drawer showing the latchspring.

The present invention is shown preferably as embodied in an industrialtype sewing machine stand 16 having a left support member 17 and a rightsupport member 18. Each support member has a horizontally extending base21 from which rises a pair of lower legs.22 and 23 telescopicallyreceiving a pair of upper legs 27 and 28. The legs 27 and 28 arerespectively secured to the legs 22 and 23 by bolts 29. The top ends ofeach pair of upper legs 27 and 28 respectively support a horizontal lefttop rail 31 and a horizontal right top rail 32 and the top rails 31-32carry a table top 33. The bases 21-21 are connected by a rod 34 whichmay carry a treadle (not shown). Under normal circumstances, a sewingmachine (not shown) will be carried on the table top 33 and atransmitter (not shown), supported from the lower surface of the tabletop 33, will be controlled by the threadle (no s A drawer mounting 41and a drawer 42 are supported from the right rail 32 by reason of therail 32 being provided, before the stand 16 leaves the factory, with apair of spaced notches 43 and 44. Reference to FIG. 2 shows that thenotches are L-shaped, in that a portion of each notch extends into boththe top web 46 and one United States Patent 0 5 position and at itsproper outermost position, the panel the rail 32. Also each lnotch 43and 44 provides ahook engaging edge 45. A drawer runner, having astationary part 48 and a movable part 49, is hooked into the two'notches 43'and 44 by reason of the part 48 being provided with a pair ofoutwardly pressed hooks 53 and 54 which are especially designed toenterthe notches 43 andf44. The stationary part 48, in a known manner,slidably supports the movable part 49 and the movable part 49 isfastened by spot welding 56 to one side pane1'57 of the drawer 42.

It will be noted that only one side of the drawer 42 is supported by therunner parts 4 849 and thus there may be a tendency for the unsupportedside of the drawer to sag. To overcome any such possibility, a supportbracket. 61 may be secured to the under side of the web 46 by a bolt 62,which bolt fastens the table top33to' the top rail 32. The lower end ofthe bracket 61 carries a horizontally extending non-metallic, preferablyplastic, semispherical head support 64 positioned to be engaged by theouter face of the panel 57 of the drawer 42. Because of thisarrangement, the drawer 42 can be successfully supported on one side,only by the runner parts48-49.

in order to. stop the drawer 42 at its proper innermost 57 and themovable part 49 are respectively provided with rectangular notches 67and 69 designed to accommodate. a bent wire latch spring 71. The spring71, by reason of the notch 69, rides on the upper edge 73 of thestationary part 48 and since this edge 73 is formed with a pair ofopposite facing triangular detents 74 and 76,

the part 49, and thus the drawer 42, will be stopped at its innermostposition when the latch spring 71 engages the detent 74, while thedrawer 42 will be stopped at its outermost position when the spring 71engages the detent 76. The spring 71 has three arms 81, 82 and 33. Thetwo arms 81 and 82 lie in the same plane and are held to the inside faceof the panel 57 by two fingers 86 and 87 cut from the panel 57. The arm83 extends in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the panel 57 andthereby enters the notches 67 and 69. The previously mentioned bracket61 has a horizontally extending plate 91 which It is proposed that thetop right rail 32 of all stands leaving the factory preferably will beprovided with the two L-shaped notches 43 and 44, and therefore thedrawer 42 and drawer mounting 41 can easily be installed by any mechanicin the following manner. The table top 33 is removed from the top rails31 and 3 2. The hooks 53 and 54 of the stationary part 48 are hookedinto the notches 43 and 44 so they engage the edges 45. The table top 33is reinstalled on the top rails 31 and 32 and at the same time thebracket 61, which is held by the table top bolt 62, is installed. Itwill be appreciated that the act of fastening the table top 33 uponthetop rails 31 and 32 will lock the runner part 48 in its hooked onposition on the rail 32 and that when the drawer is subsequentlymountedon the runner part 48 it too will be locked in its normalposition by the table top. Then spring 71 is raised above the notch 67sufiiciently to allow the movable part 49 to slide on the stationarypart 48. After the two parts 48 and 49 are at least partly engaged, thespring 71 is lowered so that it rides on the upper edge 73 of the part48. The head 64 engages the outside surface of the panel 57 and thusprevents the drawer 42 3,159,495 Patented Feb. 16, 1965 wire spring 71drops in the detents 74 and 76, thus preventing the drawer from goingtoo far inwardly or outwardly.

Having thus described the nature of the invention, what is claimedherein is: r 1

a 1. A drawer and drawer mounting for use with a sewing machine'standhaving at,least one top rail, and a table top carried by said top rail,the said drawer and drawer mounting comprising a stationary runner part,means located adjacent to the top of said top rail for removablysecuring said stationary runner part to said top rail, said means beingso constructed and arranged that when said table top is secured to saidtop rail, said stationary runner part is locked against removal from itsnormal operating position by the presence of said table top above saidsattionary runner part, a movable runner part slidably carried by saidstationary runner part, and means securing said drawer to said movablerunner part.

2. A drawer and drawer mounting for use with a sewing machine standhaving a table top and at least one top rail for supporting said tabletop, said top rail being formed with a notch having a hook engaging edgelocated at a predetermined distance below the top of said top rail, saiddrawer and drawer mounting comprising a stationary runner part, a hookformed on said stationary runner part, said hook being of such lengththat when said table top is in place on said top rail said hook will beheld in said notch by said table top, a movable runner part slidablycarried by said stationary runner part, and means securing said drawerto said movable runner part.

3. A drawer and drawer mounting for use with a sew- ,ing machine stand,having a pair of top rails, and a table top carried by said top rails,the said drawer and drawer mounting comprising a stationary runner part,at least one notch having a hook engaging edge located adjacent to thetop of one of said top rails, at least one hook carried by saidstationary runner part, said notch and hook being located so that whensaid table top is secured to said top rails said hook cannot be removedfrom said notch, a movable runner part slidably carried by saidstationary runner part, and means securing said drawer to said movablerunner part.

4. A drawer and drawer mounting for use with a sewing machine standhaving a pair of top rails, one of which is provided with at least onenotch located adjacent to the top of said rail and a table top carriedby said rails, said drawer and drawer mounting comprising a stationaryrunner part having at least one detent and at least one hook designed toengage the notch on said top rail, a movable runner part slidablycarried by said stationary runner part, a drawer secured to said movablerunner part, a support secured to one of said top rails, a non-metallichead carried by said support and engaging said drawer to assist in thesupport of the same, a latch spring carried by said drawer andpositioned to engage the detent in said stationary rail.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,922,215 Newberg Aug. 15, 1933 2,210,721 Jones et al. Aug. 6, 19402,228,805 Adams Jan. 14, 1941 2,763,525 Brunthaver Sept. 18, 19563,063,770 Hale et al. Nov. 13, 1962

1. A DRAWER AND DRAWER MOUNTING FOR USE WITH A SEWING MACHINE STANDHAVING AT LEAST ONE TOP RAIL, AND A TABLE TOP CARRIED BY SAID TOP RAIL,THE SAID DRAWER AND DRAWER MOUNTING COMPRISING A STATIONARY RUNNER PART,MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE TOP OF SAID TOP RAIL FOR REMOVABLYSECURING SAID STATIONARY RUNNER PART TO SAID TOP RAIL, SAID MEANS BEINGSO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT WHEN SAID TABLE TOP IS SECURED TO SAIDTOP RAIL, SAID STATIONARY RUNNER PART IS LOCKED AGAINST REMOVAL FROM ITSNORMAL OPERATING POSITION BY THE PRESENCE OF SAID TABLE TOP ABOVE SAIDSTATIONARY RUNNER PART, A MOVABLE RUNNER PART SLIDABLY CARRIED BY SAIDSTATIONARY RUNNER PART, AND MEANS SECURING SAID DRAWER TO SAID MOVABLERUNNER PART.